EPISODE · Dec 6, 2017 · 8 MIN
Ghostery Deploys AI in the Fight Against Ad Trackers
from Security, Spoken · host WIRED
Most ad blockers—and there are so, so many of them now—operate roughly the same way, comparing the scripts they encounter on a given site to their whitelist and block list letting the former run and stopping the others. This means they largely share the same drawback, as well; they can’t block what they’ve never seen before. With its latest release, popular ad blocker Ghostery attempts to solve that common dilemma, with a fashionable solution: artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Most ad blockers—and there are so, so many of them now—operate roughly the same way, comparing the scripts they encounter on a given site to their whitelist and block list letting the former run and stopping the others. This means they largely share the same drawback, as well; they can’t block what they’ve never seen before. With its latest release, popular ad blocker Ghostery attempts to solve that common dilemma, with a fashionable solution: artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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